Separator-follower for packages, boxes, or the like.



PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

P. E. SAGENDORPHJD & B. J. STEINBERG. SEPARATOR FOLLOWER FOR PACKAGES,BOXES, OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION II-LED FEB. 3. 1904.

10 MODEL.

ITO-769,025.

UNITE ,STATES Patented August 30, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. SAGENDORPH, 21), AND BERN HARD J.-STEINBERG, OF PHILADEL- PHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO AMERICAN METAL STAMPING COMPANY, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

SEPARATOR-FOLLOWER FOR PACKAGES, BOXES, OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,025, dated August30, 1904.

Application filed February 3, 1904. Serial No. 191,881. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK E. SAGENDORPH, 2d, and BERNHARD J. STEINBERG,citizens of the United States, and residents of Philadel- 5 phia,Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Separator- Followersfor Packages, Boxes, or the Like, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to certain improve- I ments in devices forseparating from each other objects which were they allowed to come intocontact would probably injure themselves; and it consists moreparticularly in a novel form of separator for keeping apart reflectors.

The object of the invention is to provide a separator for introductionbetween the individual ones of a series of reflectors packed in a crateor box for preventing motion of said reflectors as well as possiblecontact of said reflectors one with the other.

This object we attain as hereinafter set forth, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which- 5 Figure 1 is a plan View of ourimproved separator. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the separator shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of a box, showing a number ofreflectors in position therein and separators 30f' our novelconstruction placed between them; and Figs. 4: and 5 are sectionalelevations of special forms of our improved separator.

In shipping reflectors of the type particularly described and claimed inUnited States Letters Patent N o. 7 14,6392, dated November 17 1903, wehave found it absolutely necessary to provide some simple andinexpensive means for preventing motion of the reflectors; 4 otherwisethe enamel with which they are coated becomes scratched and otherwiseinjured. We have employed for this purpose barrels containing excelsioror other packing material, but have found that in addition toarelatively highcost such packing material in-' variably collected andretained moisture,

which caused discoloration and other injury to the enamel and paint ofthe reflectors. Again, the reflectors were packed in boxes and held inplace by cleats; but this was not only found to be expensive, but alsoinvariably permitted more or less'motion of the reflectors, so that, asbefore, injury was done to the enamel or paint.

- In order to overcome the above-mentioned objections, we have devisedthe separator shown in the above drawings, in which A and A are twopieces of wood held together'in the same plane and at right angles toone another, as shown in Fig. 1. Upon each of these pieces we nail orotherwise permanently fix two cleats a, whose inneror adjacent faces areequidistant from a point which is. thecenter of a circle tangent to theends of the pieces A and A. Upon the face of said crosspieces oppositeto that having cleats a we fasten a flat piece of felt, fabric, or othersoft material, preferably in the position shown, and in utilizing theseparators we provide a box (indicated at B) in which the reflectors andseparators are packed. On the bottom of this we place a reflector with aseparator under it, if desired, as indicated diagrammatically at b. Thisreflector is conical in shape, being made with a collar 6 at its centralportion and so assembled that the lower edge of said collar ispreferably in the same plane as the outer edge of the reflector,although this is not necessarily the case. In packing said reflectors,therefore, our improved form of separator is placed with the felt orpaper a in contact with or resting upon the top edge of the collar a thecleats a being uppermost. The box B is of such size that the woodenpieces A and A fit in it tightly, it being understood that thereflectors themselves are circular in form.

When a reflector is placed upon a separator,

obvious that the cleats may be outside of the collar, or they may beplaced as illustrated at a in Fig. 4:, so as to contact with the innersurface of the collar.

From the above description and illustrations it Will be seen that wehave provided an inexpensive and simple device for preventing injury toreflectors hitherto resulting in considerable loss, in addition to Whichit Will be noted that the labor required, both for packing and unpackingthe reflectors, is considerably lessened by the use of the device inquestion.

We claim as our invention- 1. A separator including a plurality ofcross-arms, means adjacent to the center of said arms for retaining acollar in position and a sheet of relatively soft material on the faceof said arms opposite to that having said retaining means, substantiallyas described.

2. A separator including a plurality of arms united to each other,cleats attached to the arms adjacent to their point of junction witheach other and a sheet of relatively soft ma: terial on the face of saidarms opposite to that having the cleats, substantially as described.

3. A separator including a plurality of arms connected together at anangle to each other and of substantially equal lengths from their pointof junction, said arms lying in the same plane and having cleats on oneface, said cleats being placed adjacent to said point of junction andeach having a portion for engaging the collar supported by theseparator, substantially as described.

4. A separator consisting-of a pair of arms lyingin the same plane andconnected to each other substantially at right angles, said arms eachhaving upon it a pair of cleats adjacent to the center of a circletangent to the ends of the arms, with a sheet of relatively softmaterial on the face of said arms opposite to that having the cleats,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FRANK E. SAGENDORPH, 21). BERNHARD J. STELNBERG. Witnesses:

WILLIAM E. BRADLEY, J os. H. KLEIN.

